Now,small trees dot the once barren schoolyard of a village elementary school, along with special trash cans for biodegradable waste.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

Also according to the Nuzi texts, if a wife is barren, she is to provide a maidservant as a substitute to bear her husband's children. And this is something that happens with three out of the four matriarchs, who are afflicted with infertility: Sarah, Rachel and Leah.

根据Nuzi文件，如果妻子不能生育,那作为替代她就要让自己的女仆为自己的丈夫生养后代,女族长中四分之三都会出现这种情况,她们饱受不孕的折磨，撒拉、拉结和利亚都是这样。

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In bad times, the desert turns into a barren wasteland, challenging the survival skills of even the hardiest of people and their animals.

VOA: standard.2009.10.06